Ambur
A. C. Vilvanathan (DMK) is the MLA for Ambur.
DMK has won Ambur at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 A. C. Vilvanathan won with 37.9% of the vote, 7,131 votes ahead of P. Imthiyas (TVK).
Ambur is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 33 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Vellore
- Area
- about 585 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 74.6%
- Seats sharing a border
- Anaikattu · Gudiyatham · Kalasapakkam · Kilvaithinankuppam · Vaniyambadi
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK A. C. Vilvanathan | 74,102 · 37.9% | TVK P. Imthiyas | 66,971 · 34.2% | 7,131 (3.6 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK A. C. Vilwanathan | 90,476 · 50.9% | ADMK K. Nazar Mohammed | 70,244 · 39.5% | 20,232 (11.4 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Balasubramani R. | 79,182 · 49.2% | MMK Nazeer Ahmed.V.R. | 51,176 · 31.8% | 28,006 (17.4 pts) |
| 2011 | MMK A. Aslam Basha | 60,361 · 44.0% | INC J. Vijay Elanchezian | 55,270 · 40.3% | 5,091 (3.7 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Ambur: mentions per week
Busiest week: 24 August (4 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
33 mentions of Ambur since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Ambur, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Tirupathur district
Tirupathur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaniyambadi | IUML | 1.4 | 18 |
| Ambur | DMK | 3.6 | 12 |
| Jolarpet | ADMK | 7.5 | 5 |
| Tiruppattur | TVK | 23.8 | 22 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Ambur
- Tangedco foreman held on charges of bribery near AmburThe Hindu National
- ஆம்பூர் அருகே +2 மாணவனை விடுவிக்க ரூ.10,000 லஞ்சம்: காவல் சிறப்பு உதவி ஆய்வாளர் சஸ்பெண்ட்!Tamil originalMaalaimalar
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.